How To Reset Your Safari Web Browser

Reset Safari Versions 13 - 11

In the Safari menu, choose "Preferences..."

Select 'Privacy' at the top of the new window that appears, and then click the 'Manage Website Data' button. In the next dialog box, click 'Remove All'. It will ask you if you are sure you want to remove all data stored by websites on your computer.

Select 'Remove Now' to clear data that could be used to track your browsing.

Next, you'll want to clear caches. To do so, you need to enable 'Develop' mode to clear Safari caches:

Reset Safari Versions 10 & 9

Curiously, Apple has actually made this process a lot more difficult than it used to be. There are now three different areas inside Safari for removing certain information. To reset Safari, follow these steps:

In the Safari menu, choose 'Preferences...'

Click the 'Privacy' button at the top of the new window that appears, and then click the 'Remove All Website Data' button. It will ask you if you are sure you want to remove all data stored by websites on your computer.

Select 'Remove Now' to clear data that could be used to track your browsing.

Next, you'll want to clear caches. To do so, you now have to enable Develop mode to clear Safari caches: